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29 August 2018
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The National Human Rights Commission as a driver of change to accelerate the abandonment of FGM

As part of the work to promote the rights to sexual and reproductive health-related to FGM, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in partnership... Read more

18 June 2018
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Women leaders at the heart of the fight against FGM

The National Union of Djiboutian Women in collaboration with UNFPA organized a training workshop on the referral of victims of VFG-MGF to the care... Read more

6 June 2018
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UNFPA ANNUAL REPORT 2017

Year on year, millions of women and adolescents in 155 countries and territories have been progressively able to exercise their sexual and... Read more

13 May 2018
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Article 16 of the Teheran Proclamation declared, "Parents have a basic human right to determine freely and responsibly the number and spacing of their children." © UN Photo

Fifty years ago, it became official: Family planning is a human right

Fifty years ago, on 13 May, the world declared family planning to be a basic human right.

13 May 2018
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“I thought family planning was for married people, not for girls,” said Blessings Sonkhanani, a nurse in Malawi, in 2015. She has been trained to provide sexual and reproductive information and care to young people. “Now I know that anyone of childbearing age is eligible for family planning,” she said. © UNFPA/Meaghan Charkowick

Nine standards to uphold the human right to family planning

UNFPA and the World Health Organization have recognized nine standards that must be met in every community, for every individual.

8 March 2018
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Protecting reproductive rights of rural women: a pathway to a more equal world

The economic inequalities plaguing much of the world today are reinforced by many other forms of inequality, including inequalities in sexual and... Read more

25 February 2018
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Training Workshop for Young Peer Educators on Sexual and Reproductive Health

L’Association Djiboutienne pour l’Équilibre et la Promotion de la Famille (ADEPF) in partnership with IPPF and the UNFPA office organized a training... Read more

6 February 2018
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Latty, 14, was inspired by her mother to call for the elimination of FGM. Luca Zordan for UNFPA

“I refused”: Brave women and girls take a stand against FGM

UNITED NATIONS, New York/Ouagadougou, BURKINA FASO – Fourteen-year-old Latifatou Compaoré learned the spirit of resistance from her mother. Her... Read more

4 February 2018
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UNFPA's vision and agenda 2030

Our new strategic plan is designed to drive the ambitions and goals of the ICPD and 2030 agendas.

1 February 2018
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Fanny, in Malawi, was married at 17. “This was due to pressure from my parents, who were overwhelmed by the deep poverty we were experiencing, but I was not ready,” she said. © UNFPA Malawi

Top 5 things you didn’t know about child marriage

UNITED NATIONS, New York – Around the world, Valentine’s Day is celebrated as a romantic time for couples. Yet millions of children are coupled up... Read more

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